MOST OF US HAVE GROWN UP - BEING TOLD FATS ARE BAD. WELL.. NOW A LOCAL DOCTOR SAYS SATURATED FATS - FOUND IN RED MEATS.. CHEESES AND BUTTER - AREN'T ALL THAT BAD AFTERALL .. HEALTHY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S BRANDI PETERSEN HAS THIS SEVEN CAN HELP REPORT. WHEN YOU THINK OF FAT.. YOU PROBABLY DON'T INK 'HEALTHY'. (terry shanahan/eats high saturated fat diet: "i'm not scared of saturated fats.") NOW.. SOME SAY SATURATED FATS ARE GOOD FOR YOU - IN MODERATION. NINA TEICHOLZ IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK 'THE BIG FAT SURPRISE: WHY BUTTER.. MEAT AND CHEESE BELONG IN A HEALTHY DIET".. SHE SAYS BEEF..CHEESE AND BUTTER ARE GOOD FOR YOU. DOCTOR DANIEL ANDERSON FROM U-N-M-C .. AGREES.. SORT OF.(dr daniel anderson/associate professor, UNMC: "you don't want to eat all the bad things, but you don't want to go on the extremes") ANDERSON SAYS CUTTING OUT ALL FAT INTAKE - IS NOT HEALTHY.(dr daniel anderson/associate professor, UNMC: "I think it's the recognition that this low fat diet, as a blanket statement is not appropriate")(terry shanahan/eats high saturated fat diet: "fat is not the villain that we thought it once was")(beth carpenter/eats high saturated fat diet: "I don't feel guilty and I don't feel hesitant to add those types of things to my diet") áTHAT IS A NEW DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MORE PALEO OPTIONS AT MIDTOWN.(terry shanahan/eats high saturated fat diet: "i'm a big believer of a higher protein, a higher fat diet, lower to moderate carbohydrate diet") THERE'S SOME BELIEF THAT CUTTING OUT SATURATED FAT..HAS PEOPLE OPTING FOR anderson/associate professor, UNMC: "if it rotted in your refrigerator, you should have eaten it.If it's on your pantry, look twice") DOCTORS SAY FIND BALANCE ON YOUR PLATE.(dr daniel anderson/associate professor, UNMC: "so the extremes aren't a good place to be, it's a compromise. It's almost a middle of the road approach") IN TURN.. YOU'LL BE LITTLE HAPPIER.(dr daniel anderson/associate professor, UNMC: "hopefully we all begin to be a little smarter about this, but again, balance and moderation go a long way") BRANDI PETERSEN, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. THE BOOK, THE BIG FAT WE'VE LINKED TO MORE INFORMATION ON KETV DOT COM.

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